Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied in February 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16006/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 17th February 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 12 weeks to process an application for DCA.